Teaching Points For VDS Spring 2012 Labs


Enzyme Assay Lab

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They can use multiple cuvettes to do their readings faster (i.e. have 9 or 10 of the same cuvettes instead of washing one multiple times)

Make them save their spectrophotometer file – NameEnzymeAssayDATE
Make them save their spectrophotometer file – NameEnzymeAssayDATE
Make them save their spectrophotometer file – NameEnzymeAssayDATE

MAKE sure they clean up afterwards before you sign them out.


VS3 lab

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Protein Characterization Lab

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TeachingPointsMentors_CharacterizationLab.docx


Virtual Screening 2

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TeachingPointsMentors_VS2lab.docx

Protein Purification Lab

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TeachingPointsMentors_PurificationLab.docx

Virtual Screening 1

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TeachingPointsMentors_VS1lab.docx
16dhfr-ligsX.sdf
BasicLinux.pdf

Protein Expression

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PyMol3

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DHFR-hs.pdb
dhfr-lc.pdb

Buffer Titration

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TeachingPointsMentors_BufferTitration.docx

Henderson-Hasselbalch exercise answer sheet (password protected).VDS_6thClassJTB_Spring12Henderson-HasselbalchExercisesForSTAFF.docx

Tips & Hints
they need to have all 3 titrations on the same graph in the end - to do so, they will need to creat 3 calculated volume columns and give them each a different name (e.g. CV1, CV2, and CV3).

PyMol2

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TeachingPointsMentors_PyMol2.docx
DHFR-hs.pdb
Helix.pdb


Tips & Hints
show them how to use UT Webspacehttps://webspace.utexas.edu/xythoswfs/. to save their Image (.png) and Session (.pse) files. The first time they use it the have to 'sign up' on the Sign Up page.
Also there is an 'Advanced Upload' button that lets them have a drag and drop folder instead of uploading each file individually. (Much faster).

Beer's Law

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TeachingPointsMentors_BeersLaw.docx

Tips & Hints
warm up specs for about 10 minutes before use
Henry spec reads very high on the Absorbance values - need to make sure they don't record their data if it is saturating the dector (>1.5 or 2 on the absorbance units)

Students should empty their cuvettes between EACH reading (i.e. for n=3 replicates, they shoudl empty the cuvette 3 times).
This takes longer but reinforces that just hitting the COLLECT button 3 times on the exact same sample does not constitute a true replicate.
To speed things up - they can get 3 cuvettes at a time and fill with a given dilution (Dil1, Dil2, Dil3, etc.)
-- then measure 3 in a row quickly.

They don't have to measure Dilution 1 - IF they know it is going to be above 1.5 Absorbance units.

PyMOL1

TeachingPointsMentors_PyMol1.docx

this one is locked with the Mentor password (ask another mentor if you can't remember it!)

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BetaSheet.pdb
Helix.pdb


Tips & Hints
Lab Notebook should include
Lab Safety - no liquids in lab to prevent electrocution
Materials - computer, PyMol program, helix.pdb, Betasheet.pdb

Figure captions - should include "carbons as green, oxygens as red, nitrogens as blue ....... etc. "

Timestamp for Word: ALT + i together, release and hit T
Date Stamp for Excel: CTRL + ;
Time Stamp for Excel: CTRL + SHFT + :

Show them how to do CROP in Word - to resize images.

When measuring across the helix for the diameter, they won't be able to go directly across the width(it will be on an angle).
They should be sure to address this in their comments and/or error analysis.








Beer's Law

PyMol 2

Buffer Titration

PyMol 3






Old.....

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